Down In The Groove
This page is part of a list of original releases by release date of international commercially-released regular stereo Dylan albums. They do not contain rarities or obscurities and are not eligible for the Searching For A Gem list. Nevertheless, their interest value or scarcity means they're worth listing here - as far as I know some are not included on any other Internet site. Promo releases of regular albums are now listed here and no longer in the former yearly Promo sections. For releases of this album in CBS/Columbia multi-packs, see International Album Releases (Regular) - Multi-Packs. |
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Revised 16 September, 2024.
US stereo album, Columbia OC 40957 (LP), OCT 40957 (MC) CK 40957 (CD), 19 May 1988 Side 1: Let's Stick Together (Wilbert Harrison); When Did You Leave Heaven? (Walter Bullock/Richard Whiting); Sally Sue Brown (J. Alexander/E. Montgomery/T. Stafford); Death Is Not The End; Had A Dream About You, Baby. Side 2: Ugliest Girl In The World (Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter); Silvio (Bob Dylan/Robert Hunter); Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) (Hal Blair/Don Robertson); Shenandoah (Traditional); Rank Strangers To Me (Albert E. Brumley). For two test pressings/promo releases with different track listings and eventually withdrawn rarities, see 1987. For an Argentinean commercial release with the same track listing as the second promo version, see 1988. |
Preliminary front artwork by Rick Griffin - scan by Arie de Reus |
The rumour at the time was that Down In The Groove was intended by Bob to be a double album but was cut down to a single album by Columbia. Certainly promos were released with two alternative track listings before the final tracklist was decided and the album was eventually released in May 1988. However, I have yet to see any physical evidence of a two disc set.
Thanks to Arie de Reus for the 1987 drawing by artist Rick Griffin (1948-91) as a preliminary study for the cover of the Dylan album then tentatively named Sheep in Wolves Clothing or Down In The Grove! The drawing is 12½" x 12½" in size.
Out-takes from this album have been officially released as follows:
Down In The Groove promo versions: Let's Stick Together (R-0195 - unfaded version); Got Love If You Want It (R-0196); Important Words (R-0194); The Usual (R-0191 - from the album Hearts Of Fire: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). For all these, see 1987
Sidewalks, Fences And Walls (Maurice Gimbel/Jerry Williams Jr.) - recorded Sunset Sound Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 5 Mar 1987 - four versions on a cassette tape which surfaced in 2007
The Bootleg Series Vol. 16 - Springtime In New York 1980-1985 (2021): Death Is Not The End (Full Version) (7:08, Down In The Groove version is edited at 5:10)
Vinyl and Tape Releases
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia OC 40957 (USA), 19 May 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - promo stereo cassette release, Columbia 40957 (USA), 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - promo and commercial stereo cassette releases, Columbia OCT 40957 (USA), 19 May 1988:
This cassette release has a single card insert with just the tracklist on the inside, the LP rear photo is missing. The cassette is light grey plastic with black printed text, there are no paper labels. Gerd Rundel has a copy with a gold promo stamp on the front of the insert. The inside of the insert and the cassette are the same as the commercial copy shown.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, Columbia OC 40957 (Canada), 19 May 1988:
Columbia OC 40957 (Canada) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release, Columbia OCT 40957 (Canada), 19 May 1988:
This Canadian cassette release has a single card insert with just the tracklist on the inside like the US release, the LP rear photo is missing. The chrome cassette is black plastic with silver printed text, there are no paper labels.
Thanks to Gerd Rundel for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (UK), Jun 1988:
CBS 460267 1 (UK) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel
"Down In The Groove" - promo stereo cassette, CBS 460267 4 (UK), Jun 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release, CBS 460267 4 (UK), Jun 1988:
CBS 460267 4 (UK) - front insert (my copy) |
This release was made in England and has a two-fold front insert and a black cassette with red CBS labels. |
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (Ireland), Jun 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (NL), Jun 1988:
CBS 460267 1 (NL) - detail of rear, scan by Patrick Helfrich
Thanks to Patrick Helfrich for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (East Germany), 1988:
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release, CBS 460267 4 (NL), Jun 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (SE) (Spain), Jun 1988; CBS/Sony COL 460267 1 (Spain), 1992:
CBS 460267 1 (SE) (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara (1988
release)
This album has a picture inner sleeve like the Dutch album above. The outer and inner sleeves were printed in Spain by Offset ALG. The record was made in Spain by Discos CBS S.A. and has red CBS labels.
CBS/Sony COL 460267 1 (Spain) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
(1992 release)
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (Greece), Jun 1988:
CBS 460267 1 (Greece) - detail of rear, scan by Gerd Rundel (UK
information)
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (Israel), Jun 1988:
CBS 460267 1 (Israel) - detail of rear, scan by
Lars M. Banke (text in English and Hebrew)
The Israeli release also comes with the insert and the rear sleeve has the same three codes below the CBS logo as the Dutch sleeve, this time not blacked out. The record has red CBS labels and was made in Israel. The copy shown has handwritten matrix numbers: Side 1 - PAL 40957 - 2 DMM - PRECISION, Side 2 - PBL 40957 - 2 PRECISION.
Thanks to Lars M. Banke for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS 460267 1 (Australia), Jun 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release, CBS 460267 4 (Australia), Jun 1988:
"Down In The
Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Sony CYA 1256 (Hong Kong), Jun 1988:
This appears to be the only CBS/Sony vinyl release in the Far East. This album was never released on vinyl in Japan.
CBS/Sony CYA 1256 (Hong Kong) - detail of rear, scan by Lars
M. Banke
Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Lars M. Banke for further information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release, CBS/Sony CYK 1256 (Hong Kong), Jun 1988:
CBS/Sony CYK 1256 (Hong Kong) - detail of outside of cassette insert, scan by
Manuel García Jara
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS CLS 460267 (Mexico), Jun 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, Discos CBS 231.081 (Brazil), Jun 1988:
Discos CBS 231.081 (Brazil) - detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
"Down In The Groove"
- test pressing and promo/commercial stereo vinyl LP releases, Columbia 120.017 (Argentina), Jun 1988:
These LPs (mispressed to be the same as the second Down In The Groove test
pressing, see 1987) have nothing on the sleeve or record
labels to indicate the track changes, they just list the regular tracks but
plays the replaced tracks, Got Love If You
Want It and The Usual.
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Lars M. Banke has a test pressing of this album in a white card promotional sleeve with a sticker on the rear sleeve listing the Spanish titles of the regular tracks, but where the record plays the rarities. For more details, see 1988. |
Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - test pressing rear with sticker, scan by Lars M. Banke |
Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - test pressing rear sticker scan by Lars M. Banke |
Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - test pressing Side 1 with stickers, scan by Lars M. Banke (includes R-0195 and R-0196) |
Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - test pressing Side 2 with stickers, scan by Lars M. Banke (includes R-0191) |
Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - front scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (original and corrected releases) |
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Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - rear scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (original and corrected releases) |
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Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - detail of rear, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (cassette details) |
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Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Hermann Rechberger (original and corrected releases) |
Columbia 120.017 (Argentina) - detail of Side 1, scan by Hermann Rechberger |
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The corrected commercial release is visually identical to the first pressing with the rarities listed in 1988. Note the album title is on the front left instead of its usual position on the front right!
The rear sleeve has the same picture as the US release but in black and white. The titles are translated into Spanish with the exception of the names Sally Sue Brown and Shenandoah. Another difference from the US release is that the musicians and producer are listed on the right hand side of the rear sleeve. On the record labels the tracks are listed both in Spanish and English.
Michel Pomarede has bought the Mexican edition of the LP Down in the Groove, and noticed some differences in the translations into Spanish of the titles on the rear sleeve when compared to the Argentinean release:
Let's Stick Together = "Permanezcamos Juntos" (Mexico); "Quedémonos Juntos" (Argentina). Both are a correct translation, just a different verb used.
When Did You Leave Heaven? = "Cuándo Dejaste El Cielo?" (Mexico); "Cuando Dejaste El Paraíso?" (Argentina) - this is a more correct translation, as "Paraíso" is Heaven, while "Cielo" is Sky,
Had A Dream About You, Baby = "Soñé Contigo Nena" (Mexico); "Tuve Un Sueño Contigo" (Argentina). Both are a correct translation, perhaps the Mexican one is better because "Nena" means Baby.
Ugliest Girl In The World = "La Mujer Mas Fea Del Mundo" (Mexico); "La Chica Más Fea Del Mundo" (Argentina) - this is a more correct translation because "Chica" is Girl, while "Mujer" is Woman.
Ninety Miles An Hour (Down A Dead End Street) = "Noventa Milas Por Hora (En Un Callejon Sin Salida)" (Mexico); "Noventa Milas Por Hora (En Una Calle Sin Salida) (Argentina). Both are a correct translation, "una Calle" is a street, "un Callejón" is a small street, but it also means a dead-end street.
Rank Strangers To Me = "Gente Extraños Para Mi" (Mexico); "Extraños Para Mí" (Argentina). Both are a correct translation, "Gente" means people.
Thanks to Hermann Rechberger, Sergio Mariano Romay, Lars M. Banke and Michel Pomarede for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release with different tracks, Columbia 620.017 (Argentina), Jun 1988:
Columbia 620.017 (Argentina) - outside of cassette insert, scan by Sergio Mariano Romay |
The commercial Argentinean cassette release lists the regular tracks but also plays the rarities and is listed in 1988. |
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Columbia 620.017 (Argentina) - Side 1 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (includes three rarities) |
Columbia 620.017 (Argentina) - Side 2 scan by Sergio Mariano Romay (includes three rarities) |
Columbia 620.017 (Argentina) - cassette leader tape with CBS logos, scan
by Sergio Mariano Romay
The song titles are the same as those of the regular release. There is a short insert with the song titles in Spanish on the outside and in English and Spanish on the inside. The cassette is white with red text printed directly on to it, there are no paper labels. Again the song titles are the same as those of the regular release, listed in Spanish only. The clear leader tape has CBS logos.
"Down In The Groove" - promo stereo cassette release, CBS 8224-4 (Uruguay), Jun 1988:
It has a folded cassette insert on textured paper that is blank on the reverse. The text is in English only (except for the copyright text, which includes “Made In Uruguay” in English). The insert has the Dolby System logo on the front and on the spine. On the listing for Side 2 the writer's credit to Albert E. Brumley for Rank Strangers To Me is missing.
The cassette is white with pink
paper labels, printed in black and blue, incorrectly dated 1987. Side 1 has the
text “PARA DIFUSION – PROHIBIDA
Thanks to Sergio Mariano Romay for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP release, CBS ASF 3218 (South Africa), Jun 1988:
CBS ASF 3218 (South
Africa)
- detail of rear, scan by Manuel García Jara
Although the rear sleeve has "CBS" at top right, it also has the "Columbia" logo at bottom right above the printer information. The South African record has orange/yellow CBS labels.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP release, CBS ASF 3218 (Zimbabwe), Jun 1988:
CBS ASF 3218 (Zimbabwe) - detail of rear, scan by Simon Blokker
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Simon Blokker for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release, CBS MDX 20032 (India), Jul 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - stereo vinyl LP, CBS/Suzy 460267 1 (Yugoslavia), 1989 (two variants):
Ronald Born has a copy in exactly the same sleeve where the record labels have the playing speed to the left of the centre hole listed as "33⅓RPM" instead of just "33⅓" as on the labels of Manuel's copy.
The records of both copies shown have matrix numbers: Side 1 - ULP 2456 A 30 03 89 (mastering date 30 Mar 1989), Side 2 - ULP 2456 B 30 03 89.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara and Ronald Born for information and scans.
"Down In The Groove" - stereo cassette release, CBS/Suzy 460267 4 (Yugoslavia), 1989:
CD Releases
"Down In The Groove" - CD release, Columbia CK 40957 (USA/Canada), 1988:
"Down In The Groove" - CD releases, CBS/Sony 25DP 5147 (Japan), 21 Jul 1988, re-released 1989; Sony Records SRCS 9244 (Japan), 1 Feb 1997:
CBS/Sony 25DP 5147 (Japan) - front with obi, scan by Wil Gielen |
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CBS/Sony 25DP 5147 (Japan) - detail of rear insert, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
CBS/Sony 25DP 5147 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
Sony Records SRCS 9244 (Japan) - obi scan by Wil Gielen |
This album was never released on vinyl in Japan.
Thanks to Sheiji Murata for the explanation of the Japanese CD date codes,
see
Index of International Releases by Country. First CD release: CBS/Sony 25DP 5147, 21 Jul 1988: This release has a purple/multicoloured obi with price ¥2,500 and date "R-7-21" (21 Jul 1988). The front was a four-page insert and there was a second insert in English and Japanese which folded out. Second CD release: CBS/Sony 25DP 5147, 1989: This release has the same purple/multicoloured obi as the 1998 release but the price is now ¥2,348 (with sales tax). Third CD release: Sony Records SRCS 9244, 1 Feb 1997: This release has a red obi in the "Super 1600 Nice Price" series with price ¥1,600. The date is "97-2-1" (1 Feb 1997). The front again was a four-page insert and there again was a second insert in English and Japanese which folded out. Thanks to Hans Seegers for information and to Wil Gielen for further information and scans. |
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Sony Records SRCS 9244 (Japan) - rear insert scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
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CBS/Sony 25DP 5147 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
CBS/Sony 25DP 5147 (Japan) - detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
Sony Records SRCS 9244 (Japan) - CD scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
Sony Records SRCS 9244 (Japan) - detail of CD, scan by Wil Gielen (promo release) |
"Down In The Groove" - CD releases, CBS 460267 2 (Europe), late 1980s; Columbia 460267 2 (Europe), 1990s:
CBS 460267 2 (Europe), late 1980s:
CBS 460267 2 (Europe) -
detail of
rear insert, scan by
Juergen Flicker ("Printed in Holland")
Columbia 460267 2 (Europe), 1990s:
Columbia 460267 2 (Europe) -
detail of
rear insert
David Burgess's Columbia copy has a black CD tray and was bought in Germany in Nov 2000 at a time when he believed the CD version was unavailable in the UK. The jewel case has a price sticker of "DM 29.99" (€15.33). My Columbia copy bought in the UK after then is identical apart from the sticker.
Thanks to David Burgess, Juergen Flicker, Paul Shenton and Gerd Rundel for information and pictures.
"Down In The Groove" - CD releases, CBS 460267 2 (Australia), late 1980s, Columbia 460267 2 (Australia), 1990s:
"Down In The Groove" - CD release in card sleeve, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88697742502CD2 (Austria for Europe), 26 Jul 2010:
This release comes as part of a 3CD set Original Album Classics: Bob Dylan containing three not as yet remastered albums: Empire Burlesque (1985), Down In The Groove (1988) and Under The Red Sky (1990). As the price per set is only £8.99 it's very unlikely these have been remastered now. Other artists in this series include Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Patti Smith and Jeff Buckley. The three albums are in card sleeves inside a CD-width slipcase. The individual albums are numbered 88697742502CD1, 88697742502CD2 and 88697742502CD3.
The picture on the front of the slipcase comes from 1986's Hard To Handle video of Bob live with Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, see VHS & DVDs 1980s.
Thanks to Steven Jump of Badlands for the information.
"The Complete Album Collection Vol. One" - 47CD boxed set, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88691-92431-2 (USA), 5 Nov 2013/(Europe), 4 Nov 2013; USB stick, Columbia/Legacy/Sony Music 88883-77314-5 (USA), 5 Nov 2013/(Europe), 4 Nov 2013; Sony Music SICP 30471-30520 (Japan), 26 Mar 2014 onwards:
This massive set is the latest in a series of "Complete Columbia Album Collections" featuring artists such as Miles Davis, Charlie Mingus, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck and even Blue Oyster Cult. The CD version of the set includes 41 Dylan albums in card sleeves, 14 of which have been remastered for this project, plus a 2CD set of previously released non-album tracks entitled Side Tracks. The albums exclude all compilations and The Bootleg Series sets, but do include the deleted 1973 Dylan album, also see 1973, and the extra 2CD set Side Tracks includes one side of the 1971 single George Jackson (Acoustic version), R-0085, see 1971. The set is therefore listed in 2013. The set also includes a hard cover book with extensive new liner notes and previously unseen photos.
All the CDs come in card sleeves. The European sleeves are made of thicker card than the US sleeves, but they are otherwise identical, so are not shown. The catalogue number on the sleeve is "88691924312JK29" plus "DISC 33". This album has been remastered, so is the eleventh Dylan album remastered for this project. The CDs are different in detail, the US Down In The Groove CD has catalogue number "88691924312D33", whereas the European CD has catalogue number "88691924312-33". The European CD was made in the EU (probably Austria). The US and European copyright details are printed at the bottom of the Bob Dylan CDs, and round the circumference for The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan onwards, so I haven't shown them for the later CDs.
For more details of the set, see International Album Releases (Multi-Packs) 2010s.
Thanks to Manuel García Jara for information and scans.
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